Hao Ren and Hao Xinyuan left the house through the Void Tunnel, and they appeared on the peaks of a snow covered mountain. The wind was whooshing around, creating a roaring sound. Hao Xinyuan looked around and said, "Can you see what is there on that ledge?" Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel~fire~net
Hao Ren turned to inspect the location pointed by the old man, and narrowed his gaze as he used his Yin and Yang eyes. After a few minutes, he said, "Do you mean that pavilion?"
Hao Xinyuan nodded and replied, "That Pavilion is the base of the DEHB."
Hao Ren was shocked, he did not expect this thing to be so close to them. For a cultivator, two kilometer was not a big distance. He asked, "Why did you open the portal so close to them? What if they detect us?"
Hao Xinyuan shook his head and waved his hand. The wind blast he created caused the snow to move, and five stones were revealed. He said, "This is the illusion and spirit isolation array. The spiritual fluctuations inside this array are nullified, and they are not able to detect a single thing. The reason we choose this location was because it is the darkest under the lamp.
The people responsible for this place are all just disregarded young masters of the so called big families of the southern continent. They think they are doing something important here."
Hao Ren channeled his spiritual energy to keep himself warm, and then he asked, "Why do they even need to guard this place?"
Hao Xinyuan said, "For what I know, this place was a world of dragons. A young man accidently stumbled through a wormhole and he was chased by the beasts. However, his father was a void transformation realm cultivator. He rescued his son from this spirit less world, and then directly used a punch to destroy the maximum population of the lesser dragons."
Hao Ren narrowed his gaze and asked, "Wait a minute, do you mean the asteroid hit 65 million years ago?"
Hao Xinyuan rolled his eyes and said, "The time is correct but the asteroid was not there. Any how, after that, the people established an outpost here to prevent any of the people to stumble in and out of the wormhole."
Hao Ren nodded, and said, "If someone willingly want to go in? Why do they stop them?"
Hao Xinyuan replied, "How can someone with shallow talent allow someone with great potential to go over to the world where they might truly achieve something and shine. Once they shine, the guards here will always live with a chip on their shoulders. They are also trying to prevent criminals from crossing the borders."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "Well, it makes sense now. Humans are in the end slaves of their desires."
Hao Xinyuan nodded and the two waited in silence. After a couple of hours, the few figures sitting under the pavilion vanished, and the old man said, "Hold on to me, we are leaving as well."
Hao Ren did not question and reached out to hold the hand of the old man, and the next moment, they both vanished from their spot, and appeared under the pavilion. Hao Ren asked, "What about the human guards sired by them?"
Hao Xinyuan replied, "They are very cautious about their secrets, so the day when they are changing the guards, the humans of this world are not allowed to come close to the Shangri-la mountain. Even the satellites are not supposed to fly over."
Hao Ren was surprised when he heard this. He mumbled, "Didn't it mean that these people have inserted their pawns in the space research organizations."
Hao Xinyuan nodded and asked, "Why does it matter to you?"
Hao Ren frowned and said, "Forget it, for the time being, you will not understand."
The young man simply did not wish to be watched over or controlled by anyone else. Looking at him, the old man wanted to say something, when a figure flashed before them. Hao Mei had come over dressed in the trademark white robe. She nodded to her father and said, "The time is short, we should get going."
The old man nodded, and said, "Follow your sister's advice, and for the time being let go of whatever doubts and conflicts you have."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "Old Boy Hao, you better be good when I am gone, also do not let Lingshi suffer too much or I will come back and make sure you guys repay it in kind."
The old man snorted and smacked the back of his head, Hao Mei frowned and said, "Dad, don't hit him."
Hao Ren subconsciously put on a smug expression and said, "Hmph, you wait for me to give you a granddaughter who will pinch away your hair old man."
That said, he approached Hao Mei and asked, "Let's go."
Hao Mei nodded and said, "I will have to hold your hand."
Hao Ren smiled and extended his hand to hold her index finger. His action surprised the young lady and then they vanished from their spot. Hao Ren only sensed travelling through a film that squeezed around him. making him feel very suffocated and nauseated. However, the sensation did not last long.
When they appeared, and Hao Ren took a breath to stabilize himself, he sensed a warmth spread throughout his body. Hao Mei said to him, "Welcome to the southern limit of the Spirit Shimmer Continent. The warmth you are experiencing is from the highly concentrated spiritual energy."
Hao Ren raised his head and nodded, while still circulating the energy according to his cultivation technique. He looked at her and asked, "Is there any safe place here with high concentration of the spiritual energy?"
Hao Mei shook her head and said, "The border regions do not have any places with higher spiritual energy. The Great Demon Waters also hinder with the so called safety. I can take you to such a place though if you want to."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "The sooner the better, the old man who taught me said that if I can find a place with high level spiritual energy, it would allow me to gain an unexpected surprise."
Hao Mei did not trust his nonsense about the old man much, after all, she had also read a few books, but she nodded and held his hand as they flew away at a high speed. Hao Ren was ready for the wind to blast against his face, but the sensation did not arrive, and he found a faint golden arrow tip formed before the two of them.
Hao Mei said, "When you have mastered the essence of spiritual energy in the coming few days, you would be able to fly as well. However, flying consumes spiritual energy so make sure to take note of that."
Hao Ren nodded silently as Hao Mei told him a few things. After flying for half a day, at the speed which was equal to the speed of sound, they reached a mountain range. Hao Ren could not help but ask, "Why are there mountains in this place? This terrain seems to be like a plane, there was not a single bump on the way."
Hao Mei nodded and said, "Good observation, these mountains are indeed odd, but these nine peaks are a natural formation. It is not easy to get in, but once you get in, the spiritual energy condenses into something that only the holy lands of cultivation have."
Hao Ren looked at his sister dubiously, and the latter said, "This place is surrounded by demon beasts, and cultivators below core formation realm, cannot enter here or they might be made into meat paste. Only a few of the escapees know about this."
Hao Ren asked, "Why so?"
The young lady smiled and replied, "It is because the average strength level of people in the southern region is very low, and this is more of a barren land where demons hold a lot of sway. I am somewhat of a small big shot in this place. This mountain range is where I come to relax at times."
Hao Ren did not ask how she managed to travel such wide distances in such a small period of time. She led him through the mountain range on foot, and Hao Ren memorized the step sequence needed to breakthrough the formation. When he came to the core valley, he was shocked, the place was shrouded in a light golden mist.
Hao Mei said, "I call this place the Spirit Basket."
Hao Ren nodded as he absorbed the spiritual energy at an almost maddening pace. Hao Mei placed her hand on his back and said, "Ren, you need to calm down, this pace can harm your body rather than doing you any good."
The young man calmed down upon the reminded, he took out a wine bottle and said, "You should take a sip of this wine and it will help you gain the Yin & Yang eyes. Also, do not take more than a sip."
Hao Mei was surprised and Hao Ren dissolved her doubts, "This is snake wine, a gift from the Nagas."
As he said this, Yin, who had been hiding in his sleeve, came out and stopped on his wrist, staring at the wine with hell breaking focus. Hao Ren sighed and said, "Okay, you little glutton, Big sister Mei will give you a cup of it too, but no more, you are still young and drinking wine is bad. Plus we need to save some for Yang as well."
He did not remember that he still has this wine back on the Blue Star, otherwise, he would have given it to them there only.
After stuffing the bottle into Hao Mei's hands, he walked ahead and said in his mind, "System, what grade of reward will I get if I redeem the voucher here?"
*Ding: Host, it will depend on your luck, but the place has enough energy that might lead you to gain a gold level reward.*
Hao Ren did not wait and said, "Redeem the spirit voucher."
*Ding: Redeeming....*